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“The Pope makes this clear in the first chapter, where he offers a brilliant review of the initiatives of the Popes since Leo XIII. Pope Leo XIV is clear that this is Church doctrine and not simply a body of teaching that Catholics may choose to accept or ignore,” Cardinal Cupich told Vatican News.

The prelate also said that the encyclical’s “principal contribution comes in the Holy Father’s challenge to humanity to make a choice: either to build the new Jerusalem or another Tower of Babel.”

The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network released the video associated with Pope Leo’s prayer intention for June.

Continuing his series of Wednesday general audiences on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, Pope Leo XIV spoke this morning on “Rite, sign, and symbol“ (video).

Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York lamented the state’s Aid in Dying Act, which will take effect on August 5.

In a prominent front-page article in its June 2 edition, the Vatican newspaper highlighted Israel’s renewed attacks on southern Lebanon.

Pope Leo XIV’s message for the upcoming World Day of Prayer for Creation (background) will highlight the relation between war and environmental degradation, according to an announcement from the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Pope Leo XIV told Catholic university presidents and rectors this morning that their institutions should be places where students encounter Jesus Christ and sound doctrine.

The consecration will take place on June 11 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe in Orlando, where the bishops will hold their spring meeting.